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Outside the historic Fat Harold’s Beach Club.

North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Fat Harold’s Beach Club

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

The nine-pound banana split sundae is best when shared.
Permanently Closed

Fairmont, West Virginia

The Poky Dot

This technicolor classic diner is known for its nine-pound banana splits and retro flair.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
West Virginia’s New River Gorge Bridge is the longest steel bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Lansing, West Virginia

Bridge Walk

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
The Cathedral Café has been serving it's community for more than 120 years.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Cathedral Café

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Zona Heaster Shue’s ghostly visits to her mother led to her husband’s murder conviction.

West Virginia

Greenbrier Ghost of Sam Black Church

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Peruse hundreds of antique, vintage, and locally made items at one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

Alderson, West Virginia

Alderson’s Store

You can still shop in one of West Virginia’s oldest stores.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Buchanan Swinging Bridge

Buchanan, Virginia

Buchanan Swinging Bridge

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

William Thompson Scalped Head
Permanently Closed

Omaha, Nebraska

William Thompson's Scalped Scalp

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

Chef Boyardee Statue

Omaha, Nebraska

Chef Boyardee Statue

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

Old Fort Niagara

Youngstown, New York

Old Fort Niagara

This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

The Pest House Medical Museum

Lynchburg, Virginia

The Pest House Medical Museum

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

Another view of the monument.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant Battlefield Memorial

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Cathedral Falls

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

Cathedral Falls

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

Glen Jean School
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Oak Hill, West Virginia

Glen Jean School

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

The center of 19th-century camp life was this octagon-frame building, now turned into the present museum
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Scarbro, West Virginia

Whipple Company Store

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

An eight-foot bronze statue honoring the legacy of John Henry stands at the entrance of the Great Bend Tunnel in Talcott, West Virginia.

Talcott, West Virginia

John Henry Monument

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

It was started in 1901 as a private school.
Permanently Closed

Alderson, West Virginia

Alderson Academy

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

Greenbrier County Courthouse in WV

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Greenbrier County Courthouse

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

The massive telescope array is visible from all over the small town

Green Bank, West Virginia

Green Bank: A Town for 'Wi-Fi Refugees'

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The lookout tower at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is a popular vantage point.

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

The boardwalk at Cranberry Glades.

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

The Jefferson Pools

Warm Springs, Virginia

Warm Springs Pools

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Frontier Culture Museum

Staunton, Virginia

Frontier Culture Museum

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion

Alderson, West Virginia

Blue Sulphur Springs Pavilion

The lasting remains of a historic spa.

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